GAME show cheat Charles Ingram has been caught breaking Wimbledon rules by trying to sell Centre Court tickets on eBay, it emerged today.

GAME show cheat Charles Ingram has been caught breaking Wimbledon rules by trying to sell Centre Court tickets on eBay, it emerged today.

The 41-year-old ex-Army major, who was convicted with his wife Diana of lying his way to the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, was asking a starting price of £300 for the pair of top seats won in the public ballot.

But under All England Club rules they are non-transferable and Ingram has now been told to return them or face the threat of legal action.

A source confirmed he was one of about 30 people found breaking the regulations by trying to sell his tickets, which have a face value of around £130.

An All England Club spokesman said: "We have continually warned people not to buy or sell tickets on internet auction sites.

"This is against Championship regulations."

Pairs of tickets for the men's final have been attracting bids of about £2,000 on the website.

The ruling bodies of tennis, football, cricket and rugby have lobbied the Government to make the resale of black market tickets for sporting events on websites illegal.

Last year Ingram declared himself bankrupt.

He and Diana went to court in October to plead poverty and beg for financial mercy.

Ingram used coughs from college lecturer Tecwen Whittock, who sat among the other contestants, to steer himself to the correct answers on the ITV1 game show.

The trio were convicted of deception and were each fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 costs, and given 18-month suspended jail sentences.

It has been reported that Ingram has debts of nearly £374,000.

Earlier last year the Ingrams went back to London's Southwark Crown Court and asked trial judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC to reduce their combined defence contributions of £65,000.

The judge demanded to know how the couple, who have three children, had been able to spend £11,000 on a new car while repaying a £6,000 loan.

Ingram failed to win a £265,000 civil suit against the show's production company Celador International, in which he tried to force the company to hand over the withheld prize money.